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About Us

The Community Outreach and Professional Training Department offers business and computer skills classes to area businesses and industries as well as individuals who are looking for skills to help them in their jobs or everyday life.

We provide:

• Computer Training Courses
• Certified Professional Classes
• Human Resources Consulting
• Management Classes

Classes can be customized to meet the needs of customers so if you can't find the class you are looking for just give us a call.

Here is a list of the courses coming up:

PMP Certification Prep Course, May 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Cost $995.00
                                             June 4-27, 2013, T&TR Evenings from 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Cost $995.00

SHRM PHR/SPHR Certification Test Prep Course, February 7 - April 28 on Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Cost $899.00 (includes SHRM Learning System material)

Certified Administrative Professional Certification Test Prep Course,  February 26 - April 25, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m - Cost $700.00 (includes materials)

Current Workshops and Registration

To register for any of the below courses, either:

• Contact
  Sonya Parker
  (865) 481-2031
• Register online

Master Security Planning Workshop

Roane State Community College’s Community Outreach and Professional Training Department, in partnership with Global Integrated Security Solutions, is offering a three-day Master Security Planning workshop.

The workshop will teach students how to define threats, develop plans to mitigate threats, train personnel, integrate training with technology and First Responders, conduct site specific and reality based training exercises and more. Topics will include Situational Awareness Assessment Training (SAAT) the Israeli Predictive Profiling enhanced with Special Forces intelligence gathering (CARVER), all-hazards threat-based assessment, security program principles and budget considerations, and a hands-on project to develop a Master Security Program.

The Seminar will count toward Professional Education Units for ASIS CPP re-certification.

• Cost: $675.00 (includes materials)  
• Dates:  TBA

PMP Certification Prep Course

Roane State Community College is offering a four-week course to prepare students for the Project Management Institute’s PMP certification exam. 

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification through the Project Management Institute is a highly regarded distinction that can lead to higher salaries and increased marketability.    

For comparison, a PMP exam prep course offered through Villanova University costs $1,495. A prep course offered by the University of Texas Professional Development Center costs $1,895.

The Project Management Institute, the world’s leading nonprofit membership association for the project management profession, calls the PMP certification “the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers.” According to the institute, the certification improves employees’ marketability and “positively impacts project manager salaries.”

Perry Jones, a PMP Certified Trainer with Oak Ridge-based Street Legal Industries Inc., will lead the course.

• Cost: $995.00 (includes materials)  
• Dates:  May 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Cost $995.00
             June 4-27, 2013, T&TR Evenings from 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Cost $995.00
  
   

Utilizing Your Uniqueness

Are you communicating your unique contribution as you interview?  You may perform proficiently thinking everyone functions the same when you are especially talented in an arena.  Identify and learn to employ your individual skills, talents and strengths confidently as you pursue your dream job.  Confidence in presenting yourself well will impress your interviewer.  

A previous workshop participant said, “This workshop helped me to realize I was capable of doing more…It opened my eyes to finding new direction.”

• Cost: $59.00
• Date: July 26, 2012 
• Time: 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Radiological Control Technology

This course will prepare students to gain skills and knowledge to pass the Department of Energy (DOE) Core Academy and start a career as an entry level health physicist in a DOE facility.

• Cost: $499.00 and includes a certification test.
• Dates: TBA

90 hr. 12-Week Forensics Examiner Live Online Course

• Cost: $995.00
• Dates: TBA
• Times: 

Back into Black

The course, titled “Back into Black,” will cover topics such as debt reduction and ways to save money on everyday purchases. Participants will develop their own debt-reduction plan as part of the class and are invited to bring a list of their debts.

George Lucke, an author, seminar presenter and executive director of Back into Black, will teach the course. Back into Black is a financial education service dedicated to helping people break free from the burden of debt.

• Cost: $89. Includes a 16-page workbook. Participants’ spouses can attend for free.
• Date: TBA
• Time: TBA
• Location: Oak Ridge Branch Campus, 701 Briarcliff Avenue, Room C-104